B.Sc Industrial Chemistry
Philosophy, Aims and Objectives of the Degree Programme

Philosophy
The philosophy is to train graduates who will apply scientific approach through verifiable and reproducible methodologies to solving developmental needs of the society.

Aims and Objectives of the Degree Programme
Objectives of the Industrial Chemistry programme include: provide students with scientific knowledge and skills from which they can proceed to further studies in specialized and/or multi- disciplinary areas;

1. Provide students with a broad and balanced foundation of scientific knowledge and practical skills as may be applicable in their different programmes;
2. Develop in students the ability to apply scientific knowledge and skills to solving theoretical and practical problems;
3. Develop in students, a range of transferable skills that are of value in any employment and society they might find themselves;
4. Provide, through training and orientation, an appreciation of the rewards inherent in inter- and multi- disciplinary approach to the solution of complex life problems, and
5. Engender in students an appreciation of the fact that no nation can develop without science and its application.

The specific objectives of the Industrial Chemistry Programme are as follows:

1. Provide students with a thorough grounding in principles and sound knowledge of scientific methods of the chemical sciences;
2. Arouse a sense of curiosity and enquiring mind, in order to encourage and develop creative thinking and research aptitudes;
3. Generate in students an awareness of the enormous resources in their immediate environment so as to enhance solutions to the challenges of our time in a march towards nation building;
4. Educate and train chemists, particularly applied chemists, who can think fundamentally about their subject and who can acquire as graduates, a meaningful picture of the chemical industry; and
5. Inculcate in students appropriate skills and abilities to manage and administer technological operations within the field of chemistry and allied areas.